We periodically receive correspondence from people working to wrap their heads around Saito. One common issue people have is the idea that not using mining to produce blocks creates a threat to the network as similar to POS: With work…
In the spirit of an update: Technical Development: The Saito network has shown excellent stability since our TESTNET upgrade about a month ago. We have continued to work to eliminate problems as they have surfaced and have eliminated the “ghost…
Let’s start with honest praise of Incentive Attacks on Proof-of-Work Cryptocurrencies. As a paper it is hard to fault: the authors catalogue a class of neglected attacks in an genuine fashion. The only qualm I had reading was a suggestion…
Are psychiatrists happy because their job is to treat depression? Do only thin people offer weight-loss advice? Or how about a harder question: is bitcoin (the network) a working market simply because bitcoin (the token) can be used to create…
In this episode of The Saito Social we talk with Mrinal Manohar and Steven Nerayoff from Adaptive Holdings — parent company of CasperLabs in New York. CasperLabs is dedicated to the Correct-by-Construction (CBC) proof-of-stake mechanism proposed by core Ethereum developer…
In an attempt to make some of the work that we do more accessible, David has put together a six minute non-technical introduction to one of the key solutions introduced by Saito. The problem identified and solved in this video…
In most blockchains the peer-to-peer network does the heavy-lifting: giving data to lite-clients, collecting fees in return, and sharing those fee-paying transactions with the network. And since these activities cost a lot of money at scale, it’s useful to ask…
In our inaugural episode of the Saito Social, Richard and David sit down with Amy Chen from the Cortex project. We were just getting our feet wet recording, but this was a fun show for us because — as it…
Curious about the next big thing in the blockchain space? If you haven’t experienced on-chain gaming yet, be sure to visit the Saito Arcade and try out one of our first three on-chain games: Chess, WordBlocks or Twilight Struggle. Although…
Today we are delighted to release the first version of the Saito Game Engine (SaGE). Chess, WordBlocks and Twilight Struggle are available to start with, and are listed on our Saito Arcade. If you have thoughts on what we should…